Traders are counting losses after a bus they were traveling in caught fire. The bus belonging to Friends Bus Company Limited registration number UBL 996N caught fire on Saturday opposite Jet Oil Fuel Station in Rubaare town council, Ntungamo district. The bus was transporting more than 40 passengers, mostly traders and goods from Kampala to Goma-Gisenyi […]
BYA TONNY EVANS NGABO | KYAGGWE TV | MENDE-WAKISO | Ng’eggwanga likyali mu mwezi gw’okwefumiitiriza wamu n’okumanyisibwa ku kirwadde kya kkookolo (cancer), gavumenti ne Minisitule y’eby’obulamu bisabiddwa okulowooza ku nsonga y’okugayiza obuweereza ku bujjanjabi bw’ekirwadde kino eky’eyongedde okuwanika amatanga mu Bannayuganda ensangi zino. Okusinziira ku bibalo, we twogerera nga Bannayuganda abawerera ddala 33,000 be bazuulibwamu obulwadde […]
By Andrew M. Mwenda Many people have hailed President William Ruto of Kenya for yielding to popular pressure not to sign the controversial Finance Bill. A friend in diplomatic circles in Kampala texted me saying that Ruto should be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. In my young and idealistic life, I would have hailed the […]
Njeru Municipality Mayor Yasin Kyazze and his deputy Sarah Mawejje are on spot for conniving with a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) to extort money from them. Kyazze and Mawejje are accused by the parents for backing a fake NGO Mukiisa Humanity and Inclusion Foundation located at Umber Court in Jinja City which extorted money out of […]
The Parliament Committee on Government Assurances and Implementation is investigating the Circumstances under which officials at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital in Gulu City allegedly disaggregated its Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The probe comes after a visit by members of the Committee chaired by Abed Bwanika on Friday to follow up on government assurances and promises […]
Police in Nakaseke District are holding a 17-year-old boy for illegal possession of a firearm. The suspect is identified as Akhram Yusuf, a resident of Lubaga Division in Kampala. Akhram was arrested on Friday after residents of Mabanga village in Namayumba sub-county saw him carrying a suspicious object in the bag. Sam Twiineamazima, the Savannah Regional Police […]
The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga emphasized discipline at the Kingdom’s sporting activities, particularly the Masaza soccer tournament. The organizers of the Masaza Cup tournament will deploy at least 200 stewards in each county to curb hooliganism. Robert Sserwanga, the Buganda Kingdom Minister of Sports, youth, and arts says this will boost safety and […]
Government secondary school headteachers have justified the little money they charge from the parents saying it’s not school fees as the latter put it. The headteachers said that the money they charge is simply for feeding the learners while at school which the parents through the Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) together with the School […]
On Saturday, the Former State Minister for Water, Ronald Kibuule revealed giving his life to Jesus Christ, whom he accepted as a personal savior. Kibuule, who is the former Member of Parliament for Mukono North Constituency graced a gospel crusade where he was invited as a guest by the host and also the Senior Pastor […]
The recent instruction from the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives halting the development of the CN sugar factory in Namayingo district leaves its future in balance. The maiden multi-billion factory in November 2022 received a certificate of no objection from the Trade Minister, Francis Mwebesa, allowing it to set up the manufacturing unit. However, […]